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Stories for Oct. 14, 2011
Midday Scan: Friday's top stories around the region
Joel Connelly gets real with Occupy Seattle; a revenue breakdown of expenses and revenue for Washington's public universities; SHARE/WHEEL occupies . . . the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation?; an Alaskan politician gets nailed in oil bribery case; and an ode to foraging in West Seattle's Schmitz Park.
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The Grover Norquist factor in our state politics
The king of the no-tax-increase pledge has strong support in Congress and with some key figures in the Washington Legislature. But Republican gubernatorial hopeful Rob McKenna is not taking the pledge.
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Curse or pleasure: The enduring mystery of D.B. Cooper
A new book immerses itself in the case. Enough so that the author begins to look over his shoulder for conspirators, and manages to do that without losing the reader.
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Oregon's wolves: still facing a firing squad?
Environmental groups won a reprieve from a court, but a new federal measure and Oregon law still have the animals in the crosshairs.
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The instigator: Adbusters founder on sowing the seeds of the 'Occupy' revolution
Adbusters founder and editor, Kalle Lasn, reflects on his Vancouver magazine's role as Occupy Wall Street instigator and agitator, and explores the possibility of a global uprising.
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Sustainable wine certifications for dummies
With so many different sustainability certifications popping up on wine bottles, how's an enviro-connoisseur to choose? Tuck Russell breaks down the (genuinely confusing) world of sustainable wine.
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After initialing bowing to Pentagon plans to ship deadly weapons from Okinawa to Umatilla, Oregon's Tom McCall fought back. He soon became an outspoken Republican leader who pushed new land-use laws and criticized his own party's administration in D.C.
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